I believe it was the designer, Jonathan Adler that said if he was designing a room on the sun, he’d still put lighting on it. And that has stuck with me. Lighting is incredibly important to the ambiance, feel and style of the home. It’s truly the functional jewelry of your home!
I’m no Jonathan Adler, but I’ve learned a few thing about lighting a small space, ‘cuz it ain’t easy! You’d think it was no problem. A small space only needs a few lights, right? Well, yes and no. I’ve made the mistake of choosing lighting that wasn’t bright enough, was too small and was poorly made. Here’s what I’ve learned about choosing lighting for a small space. Continue reading
George’s parents came to stay with us one weekend, so we used that as a catalyst to get some much needed projects done around the house. There’s nothing like your in-laws coming into town to kick your butt into high gear. 
Sometimes it’s the little projects that are the most difficult to complete. You think, “Oh, that’ll just take a minute, I’ll do it later.” And then the little projects add up into a big honkin’ project. We’ve been trying to knock some little to-dos out lately, but our list doesn’t seem to get shorter. In fact, it seems to keep getting longer! That’s life, right? Anyway, I thought I’d update you on some little projects that we’ve recently accomplished. 
Alright y’all. I had planned to write this post to explain how we created our DIY wood stove heat shield with lots of helpful photos. But, I can’t find the photos of the back of the heat shield for the life of me and George would kill me if I asked him to take it off the wall. So, wordy explanations are going to have to do! 
After four years of living in the Airstream, the ol’ girl was looking a little rough around the edges. We knew it was time to do a little Airstream remodel and refresh. (You can see pictures of what it looked like 
We recently did a big refresh of the Airstream because… we’ve decided to sell it. For a long time I was holding on to the idea that we’d keep our Airstream as an 